Robin Anne Roberts

Robin was an extra in several locally produced movies including The Last Thing He Wanted, and Pain & Gain. Among her television appearances were Magic City, Bloodline and Ballers.

Robin was born to Frederick (“Ted”) and Eleanor (nee Goetz) Wilkinson on February 22,1952 in Cottage Hospital in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She attended St. Joan of Arc Elementary School and graduated from Grosse Pointe North High School. Considering a career in the arts, she attended the Society of Arts & Crafts in Detroit, briefly.

On October 20,1978, Robin married William M. Roberts in St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in St. Clair Shores ,Michigan. For many years, the young couple and their first two sons resided in Grosse Pointe Woods. They moved to Florida in 1984. They settled in Davie, Florida, where they became active members at St. David Catholic Church.

Robin concentrated on being a homemaker for her husband and their now three sons. As her family’s needs lessened, she was able to seek other avenues of artistic expression in work outside the home as extra roles for movies and television film productions, which she enjoyed.

Robin is survived by her husband William of Davie, FL, three sons, Christopher of Woodbridge, VA; Colin of North Lauderdale, FL; and Alexander of Washington, D.C.; Grandchildren Dylan and Allison of Woodbridge, VA, and Mia, Jocelyn and Alexis of North Lauderdale, FL; Sister, Elora (Toppy) Gherna, Duluth, Wisconsin.

Also surviving are cousins Susan Neuman of Miami, FL; Laurie Jost of Grosse Pointe, MI; Matthew Goetz of Clinton Township, MI; Christine Seigert of Northville, MI; Nickolas Jost of Grosse Pointe, MI, Erika Barrie of Ypsilanti, MI; Kristen Morris of Sioux Falls, SD; Karin Kochanowski of Springboro, Ohio; Lauren Bulgarella of Macomb Township, MI; Dr. Harold Sauer of South Port, Conn.; Lindsay McInnis, of Clinton Township, MI; Ellen Murphey, Sarnia, Canada; Linda Krispin, MI; Rick Comisky, MI.